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PATENTED JUNE 30,- 1868- G. GONRON.

WATER CLOSET AUTOMATIC SUPPLY REGULATOR.

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Lamil'awm- No. 79.318, time June 30, 1868..

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-GLOSET AUTOMATIC SUPPLY-REGULATORS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE COXRON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a newand improved Automatic Water-Supply Regulator for Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare that the 'following is a. full, clear,'an'd exact 'dcscription'thcreoi', which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being bad to the aecompanyingdrawings, forming a. part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a water-closet, showing my invention applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a detail section of the valve-chamber.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 4

This invention'is designed as an attachment for a water-closet apparatus previously invented by me, and for which a patent has been allowed by the United States Patent Ollice, dated May 5, 1868.

The invention consists of a float-ball or vessel within a, water--chamber, which communicates with the dischargepipe of the water-closet bowl, the float-ball being connected with the supply-pipe valve by means of a lever, and so arranged that, when the water from the bowl is drawn oil by lifting its proper valve, the water in the chamber will, in subsiding, lower the float-ball, and bring its weight upon the lever, connecting it with the supplyvalve, and thereby relieve the latter, free o raise and admit a quantity of water for cleansing the bowland its connections.

1 In the accompanying drawings, the bowl A and its attachments are enclosed in a suitable case or box.

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The discbargepipc opens into the chambcrE, above the valve-b l G, which is raised to discharge the water from the bowl A. C is a float-chamber, having any suitable communication, It, with thc.pipe B, between the bowl and the valve-ball G.

D is the float, which may be of any desired form, it being usually made ot' sheet metal, and, being hollow, is sufficiently buoyant in water to'raise the lover a, with which it is connected by a loop, 2', or or its equivalent.

The lover a is one of the first order, and its shorter arm is in contact with a rod, 6, the lower end of which latter is provided with a disk, 0, for impinging upon the rubber ball (I, which acts as a valve in closing the aperture of the pipcf, forming part of the valve-chamber I. The rod 1; passes with finished contact through the cap g, screwed into the valve-chamber, as shown. The pipe 0 of the ralve-chamber connects with the pipe K, leading to the upper part of the bowl A, as shown. The pipofof the chamber I connects with the water-pipe J.

When the valve G is raised, and the water from the bowl drawn oil, the water in the float-chamber, which will always be at the same level with the water in the bowl, will subside simultaneously with the water from the bowl, and the float D consequently be lowered, which will permit the long arm of the lever to descend, thusleaving the rod free to rise, which it does in obedience to the pressure of water in the pipe J acting agai nst'tbo valve a.

The water then passes through the valve-chamber and pipe K to the bowl, as will be obvious.

When the bowl, the chamber E, and the float-chambcr C have been filled to a certain height, the float will raise the long arm or" the levcr'a, thus bringing its short arm to press upon the red I), the disk 0 of which bears -upon the rubber ball cl, and presses it upon its seat,j, thus closing the pipef, and shutting off the water.

By this arrangement the water-closet isautomatically supplied with cleansing water, and is at the same time available to use as asinlt for discharging slo'ps and the like, for the overflow-pipe H conducts 0d the water when 'itriss to its upper opening, without requiring the valve G to be raised.

The float-chamber may be placed at any convenient position, it being only required that its connecting-pipe It shall communicate with the pipe 13 at some point between the bowl and the valve G.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination and arrangement, with relation to the bowl A and discharge-pipes B L, of the chamber; E, C, h, valve G, float D, lcvera, rod 6 a, valve 11, and box I, having the shoulder j and openings c f adapted to communicate with the supply-pipcsJ K, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purposes specified.

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Witnesses: I

WM. F. MONAMARA, ALEX. F. Ronnnrs. 

